Who is in front of you?

Be ye therefore followers of God, as dear children; Ephesians 5:1
The word be means to cause to be, to become, or to come into being!

And he saith unto them, Follow me, and I will make you fishers of men. Matthew 4:19
Jesus said: "Follow me, and I will make you the fishers of men."
The word make has the same meaning as Genesis 1:1 In the beginning God created which means to cut down, select, feed(as formative processes):- choose, create= do, make.

And Jesus, walking by the sea of Galilee, saw two brethren, Simon called Peter, and Andrew his brother, casting a net into the sea: for they were fishers.

When Jesus saw Peter and Andrew fishing at the sea of Galilee, an act of creation was about to begin in their lives!

Before the "I will make you fishers of men" could come into being they had to follow!

And they straightway left their nets, and followed him. Matthew 4:20

Their will to follow the words of Jesus allowed God's will to begin in their lives.

Are you ready to follow Jesus? What does this mean?

Peter and Andrew didn't hesitate, they immediately left their nets and followed Jesus! They had just been cut down and selected! The process of "I will make you fishers of men" had begun in their lives, they were followers of Jesus!

Now they would go through the process of being made! Christ beginning in their lives would only become greater and glorious! Every test, mountain, failure, and triumph would be working in them the fulness of Christ as long as they knew who was in front on them.

They were being changed from glory to glory! But we all, with open face beholding as in a glass the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image from glory to glory, even as by the Spirit of the Lord. 2 Corinthians 3:18

Who is in front of you?
• Is it the person that you think may help your career climb?
• Is it a sucessful place in the world where you will receive recognition?
• Is it a person that you have set out to win them to fullfill your life?
• Is it some kind of sport or acheivement that feeds you own self?

Who is in front of you?

Jesus said :"Follow me, and I will make you fishers of men."

Be ye therefore followers of God, as dear children;

As dear children are to the heart of God, we are to follow God. Knowing that all we do for Christ as we follow as dear children, God is creating in us that full stature of Christ! What the Church could be in this hour if we followed Him as dear children.

When we follow Christ, we will begin to do the things that Christ is in this world!

When my wife,Charlene and I were rearing our children while they were little, we would pray for each other when sickness or time of need would be upon us. Our children could see what we were doing! They were following us! I remember one day when I was sick in bed, and our daughter, Danielle, then was three or four years old. She saw that I was sick and it came automatic to her to cry out: "Get the oil!" Why did it come automatic to this little girl! Because she was following as a dear child! A child that knew she was loved of her father and desired to follow in his ways! I still can still feel that little hand with oil all over it, standing on her tip-toes along the side of my sick-bed.

There was more than just oil on her fingers! There was a love and great concern for her father! She was going to touch God for me! Praise God! She did! I came up off of that bed that day knowing the power that belongs to a dear child that will follow God!

"I ask you today, who is in front of you?"

Be ye therefore followers of God, as dear children; Ephesians 5:1